HOPE YOU HAD A NICE CHRISTMAS.
A HOLIDAY FOR MOST PEOPLE TODAY. JUST A SKELETON CREW HERE AT
KMAQ.
THEATRE ....2 PM SHOWS AND 7 TONIGHT .....EVERY DAY THIS WEEK.
"WE BOUGHT A ZOO" HAS THE MOST PEOPLE THIS AFTERNOON.
PARTY SUNNY AND 43 TODAY.
DESCENT WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT WAS INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SATURDAY
MORNING....IN CEDAR COUNTY. TYLER ZARUBA, AGE 20, WAS WESTBOUND
ON I-80 AROUND 5 A.M. SATURDAY ...WAS IN THE LEFT LAND AND TOLD
TROOPERS THAT A SEMI IN THE RIGHT LANE, DRIFTED INTO HIS LANE....
AND FORCED ZARUBA TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER. HIS CAR CAUGHT THE LIP OF THE ROADWAY AND HE OVER-CORRECTED AND SLAMMED INTO THE CABLE
BARRIER. ZARUBA WAS CHARGED WITH FAILING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND
OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED, FIRST OFFENSE. HE WAS ALONE AND NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS $15,000 DAMAGE TO HIS CAR AND $17,000
DAMAGE TO THE 17 CABLE BARRIER IN THE MEDIAN.

TWO VEHICLE-DEER ACCIDENTS. DEAN POTTER STRUCK ONE EARLY
THIS MORNING JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA AND JOHN WARD HIT ONE
WITH HIS PICK-UP AT 5:15 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF SABULA.
NO INJURIES IN EITHER ACCIDENT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLES.

AROUND 150 MEALS WERE SERVED YESTERDAY AT THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY
THANKSGIVING DINNER AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA....SLIGHTLY
LESS THAN LAST YEAR. THE EVENT DID DRAW MANY MORE VOLUNTEER
HELPERS. THE DINNER WAS SPONSORED BY THE EAST IRON HILL
CHURCH AND THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE EAGLES.

IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED TO 6.2 PERCENT
IN NOVEMBER, UP FROM 5.7 IN OCTOBER.
IOWA'S STATE RATE DROPPED TO 5.7 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER...THE FIRST
TIME THE RATE HAS BEEN LOWER THAN 6 PERCENT SINCE SEPTEMBER OF
2009.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY